Comment Re:IF, just, IF (Score 1) 129
I hardly think Valve is a timid animal
--ryan.
--ryan.
If Next-Gen Is Too Pricey Go Retro 109
Via RetroGaming with Racketboy, a story in the San Francisco Chronicle suggesting that you go retro if the new consoles are too expensive. They single out the (still excellent) Sega Dreamcast console as the best buy for your money vs. enjoyment. The folks at SF Gate also mention several other older games and consoles that will allow modern gamers their fun without breaking the bank. From the article: "Scenario 4: I'm poorer than any of the characters from 'Angela's Ashes' but not quite as poor as Jim Braddock's family when the heat got shut off in 'Cinderella Man.' (I pulled this newspaper out of the recycling bin at BART.): You've presented a challenge, but not an impossible one. I saw a copy of the PC game Grim Fandango, a complete masterpiece that most people never played, for $6 on eBay. Since it came out in 1998, you can probably find an abandoned computer on the curb that will play it. You'll be experiencing about 98.5 percent of the fun that the Getty heir who bought the PS3 is having, at about 1 percent of the price. "
PlayStation 3 Gets Software Update On Launch Day 27
narramissic writes "Just as the long-awaited PlayStation 3 games consoles go on sale in Japan this Saturday, Sony will also be offering the first software update. The firmware update, offered as a free download, adds support for the PlayStation Network online service." From the article: "In late November the company also plans to offer a firmware update for its PlayStation Portable (PSP) games device. The update will bump the firmware to version 3.0 and add PlayStation Network support. With the new firmware in both devices the PSP will be able to access contents stored on the PlayStation 3 via a wireless LAN connection using a system Sony has dubbed 'Remote Play.' It will also make it possible to purchase and download PSP games content."
Comment Re:No way (Score 2, Informative) 66
No-one seems to understand the purpose of Bluetooth or Zigbee. Zigbee is designed to be low power, make once, then use until it's battery dies and for sensors. Adhoc networks for routing and low response times( I think its about 40ms instead of Bluetooth's 3seconds ish) but also low bandwidth.
It's not intended to be a Bluetooth killer. They are both great for their designed purposes. Bluetooth for rechargable peripherals and Zigbee for making a load of probes to scatter around a plant to measure temperature, humidity etc and then report back on those conditions.
Slashdot: getting more retarded by the day.
It's not intended to be a Bluetooth killer. They are both great for their designed purposes. Bluetooth for rechargable peripherals and Zigbee for making a load of probes to scatter around a plant to measure temperature, humidity etc and then report back on those conditions.
Slashdot: getting more retarded by the day.
Comment Re:coming soon? (Score 1) 282
Oh, he's a Lumberjack and he's OK, he sleeps all night and he works all day!
Seriously though, how many people will complain that the new iWood uses wood from precious trees, when the original plastic case uses fossil fuels;) And not to mention just how horribly bad any computer is for the environment...
Time to start the office pool. Put me down for 100 complaint letters to Jobs. $20....
Seriously though, how many people will complain that the new iWood uses wood from precious trees, when the original plastic case uses fossil fuels;) And not to mention just how horribly bad any computer is for the environment...
Time to start the office pool. Put me down for 100 complaint letters to Jobs. $20....
Comment Re:All in the mind (Score 5, Insightful) 76
Remember all of the recent exploits are theoretical vulnerabilities and therefore if you have tried out any of the proof of concept code and seen or heard your Mac do anything after clicking on these demonstrations, then you must be imagining things.
Also, "all of the recent exploits" are actually just a single issue, that of URL handlers going unchecked, rather than a whole plethora of exploits as the number of recent reports might have you believe.
Comment Re:cache...lol (Score 1) 294
Imagine using Google to access the cache for Google to access the cache for Google to...AHARHGH!
Comment Re:Konqueror - Safari -- is GIMP next? (Score 1) 853
Given the large number of available options reproducing another image processing tool just for Mac would be a bit liek re-inventing the wheel.
Or would that be an "i-wheel". (Sorry bad joke)
